Lot Essay
A drawing with a comparable treatment of the nude is in the Albertina, V. Birke and J. Kertész, Die Italienischen Zeichnungen der Albertina, Vienna, 1992, no. 300, illustrated
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Bartolomeo Passerotti (1529-1592)
Saint Sebastian bound to a Tree with two Soldiers beyond (recto); A Nude carrying a Sheep (verso, laid down)
with an indistinct inscription (verso); pen and brown ink, on two joined sheets
367 x 190mm.
Saint Sebastian bound to a Tree with two Soldiers beyond (recto); A Nude carrying a Sheep (verso, laid down)
with an indistinct inscription (verso); pen and brown ink, on two joined sheets
367 x 190mm.